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Columbia University in New York City is ranked the number one most anti-Semitic college in the country by a Jewish freedom center. The Los Angeles-based David Horowitz Freedom Center's Jew Hatred on Campus campaign named Columbia first, followed by Cornell University, George Mason University and Loyola University Chicago. No Florida colleges made the list. Colleges were ranked according to anti-Jewish incidents and activities on campus including one school that held a week-long Israeli Apartheid Week. Others were cited for harassment and violence against Jewish students, and campus speakers who oppose Israel. Rounding out the top ten were: Portland (Oregon) State...

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Columbia University in New York City is ranked the number one most anti-Semitic college in the country by a Jewish freedom center.
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